Missouri Plants Wild Strawberry   (Fragaria virginiana) Tracheophyta: Angiosperm: Dicot: Rose (Rosaceae) Native North American Plant Habitat: any full sun area. ID Features: yellow flowers, leaves of 3 toothed leaflets. Natural History: Wild strawberry, the wild version of the garden strawberry plant, grows as a low-growing weed in many lawns. It produces yellow flowers that bear tiny strawberries, eaten by rabbits and birds.

The information is from: Missouri Wildflowers by Edgar Denison, 5th Edition, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1998.